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So, I know this is a couple of months late, but I HAVE BEEN BUSY! Okay?! (breath-in, breath-out, breath-in...)

I keep meaning to publish this, but something kept coming up. Ugh.

So I was able to go to KNOWLEDGE 22 in LAS VEGAS! 

It felt weird to:

1. Fly for the first time in two years
2. Go to Las Vegas for the first time in two years
3. Ride Uber for the first time in two years
4. See everyone I had not seen for two years!
5. Go to Knowledge for the first time in two years

Seems to be a theme here. 

 

It was a good conference. Small. Seemed like the size crowd we had way back in New Orleans in 2012. However, the excitement was still the same.

I didn't present, but I hung out at both the Accenture and ServiceNow Community booth.

The bucket list:

1. Go to the opening key-note. Check!
2. Get my picture taken with the big man himself: Bill McDermott. Check!
3. Get interviewed about the MVP program and its affect on my career by the Director of the Community: Mark Obee. Check! (great interview, but sorry to say no picture though)

A big thank you to my company Accenture, and also @Mark Obee, @Dan Bruhn, and the entire ServiceNow Community team; through the MVP program, for helping to make my visit possible!

The opening keynote speech:

 

 

 

Spooky telepresence robot that wandered around the floor following people:

 

The canal was amazing as usual:

 

One of my bucket list checked off! Picture with Bill and fellow MVP Mike Patel:

 

It was so much fun meeting everyone! It was a great conference and I look forward to a bigger one next year!

I really hope to see everyone next year in Las Vegas for Knowledge 23!

Steven Bell.

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